Horses Archives - Colorado Horse Rescue

CHR Training Program – An Alternative Approach

Here at Colorado Horse Rescue (CHR), we find pride in the various behind-the-scenes aspects of taking care of ...

November 14, 2022

Companion Connection

Because Not Every Horse Needs A Rider There is a hard truth in the equine industry that can be difficult fo...

August 19, 2022

A Surprise Pregnancy at CHR

Whimsy's Surprise Foal CHR rescued Whimsy in November of 2021 at a local livestock auction. This gentle, ...

March 1, 2022

Introduction to Positive Reinforcement – May

DATE UPDATE: This clinic will be held on Sunday, May 29! Morning Session: 9am - 12pm Afternoon Session: 1pm -...

CHR Prepares the Community for Equine Emergencies

CHR Prepares the Community for Equine Emergencies Last October, for the first time in our history, Colorado...

Sophie’s Herd

Sophie's Herd Colorado Horse Rescue could not operate without the hundreds of volunteers who have donated the...

November 4, 2021

Catch Up With Tyra

Tyra came to the Colorado Horse Rescue alongside three other mares and a stallion: Nikita, Valda, Sacha, and R...

June 3, 2021

Foster February

A “Rescue Horse” is a Horse. A “Foster Home” is a Home. This past year we have had remarkable success ...

February 8, 2021

Winter With Horses 101

It is autumn in Colorado, which only means one thing: plummeting temperatures and mountains of snow ...

November 12, 2020

Jagger and Fern Find New Beginnings

Our dream at CHR is to offer every horse that strides through our gates a safe solution and hopefully a second...

October 1, 2020

The Hidden Fern

Each new horse that meets us at the Colorado Horse Rescue is greeted with a quick training evaluation to see w...

September 4, 2020

Fern’s First Chapter

Within our last few articles, we discussed the amazing amount of progress that each of our horses had made whi...

July 14, 2020

Bittersweet Adoptions

Bittersweet Adoptions Our mission at the Colorado Horse Rescue at its barest is to take in equines that have ...

June 19, 2020

Introduction to Positive Reinforcement

COVID-19 UPDATE: ALL CLINICS ARE TEMPORARILY POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE We are a lucky group of people ...

Learning from Sven

Colt starting. This term is thrown around the equine industry in order to explain the process of making a “g...

May 22, 2020

Riddle Finds Peace and Balance

Over the last couple of months I have found so much joy in working with a special Quarab (Arabian/Quarter Hors...

January 11, 2020

Huckleberry Learns to Trust

It would be a colossal understatement to say that Huckleberry has made progress in her training since her last...

October 26, 2019

Huckleberry’s Training Begins

In December of 2018, little Huckleberry came to the Colorado Horse Rescue from a private owner as a truly puzz...

October 5, 2019

Cosmo’s Training Update

Last we left Cosmo, he was just beginning his training journey. With the assistance of positive reinforcement,...

September 27, 2019

Cosmo’s Training Blog

Cosmo is an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood/Hosteiner cross gelding who is green-broke and available for adoption!...

September 14, 2019

Odin Learns with Flag Densensitization

Our adorable Welsh Pony's education continues! Thank you Colorado Safari Properties for supporting this fantas...

May 8, 2019

Checking in with Odin

Here is Odin's latest blog post thanks to his sponsors, Colorado Safari Properties! This fun-loving Welsh Pony...

April 10, 2019

Odin’s Journey in Training

A huge thank you to Colorado Safari Properties, who have chosen to sponsor the adorable Welsh Pony, Odin, in h...

March 16, 2019

Alfie’s Fast Friend

Last month, an adorable Painted Miniature gelding named Pippen arrived at CHR from a loving owner in financial...

November 28, 2018

From CHR Horses Cairo and Lady

~A testimonial from recent adopters~ Hello to the awesome CHR staff, I talked with Cairo and Ladybug and...

July 27, 2018

Monterey Learning Trust

A HUGE thank you to Pony Peak Stangmanship for making incredible progress with this amazing horse. Here is par...

May 12, 2018

Bristol’s Training Update

This brave little horse is conquering new obstacles every day! Check out her newest video, the tarp is no big ...

April 24, 2018

Monterey in Training

Check out rescued Mustang mare, Monterey, in her first steps of an education on the ground....

March 10, 2018

Bristol in Training

Check out the training progress of CHR's Mustang mares, Bristol. This curious youngster is earning a much-need...

February 27, 2018

Dreamer Seeks Her New Home

Our beautiful Paint mare, Dreamer, is currently in foster care training and seeking a new adoptive home. Vi...

January 23, 2018

Elvis Goes Home for the Holidays

From the loving family who adopted our Paint gelding, Elvis... In March of this year my horse and best frie...

January 7, 2018

Welcome Home Stitch

From the family who adopted our cute little Paint horse gelding, Rain... The Journey began about a year or ...

December 6, 2017

Hanna Finds her Forever Home

Last year, a very special horse arrived at CHR. Hanna's family was struggling with a medical crisis, and altho...

September 13, 2017

Meet Baby Montego

It's a boy! Monterey, one of the Mustangs who arrived from South Dakota late last year, finally had her foal. ...

June 7, 2017

Finding My Perfect Horse

An Adoption Testimonial In May of 2015, after working with my darling Mustang rescue for two years trying to ...

January 17, 2017